the first installment in a week-long exploration of the rituals of starting again

step one: decide you're going to start today no matter what comes up, no matter how small your effort, no matter what the result, no matter how late you have to stay up

step two: end up starting the next day instead

note: i originally had all sorts of steps in here that included things like "beat yourself up for a while about having stopped and then realize that's getting you nowhere," "give up the perfect ideal of having never stopped," and "become indignant at some person, place, or thing that clearly caused you to stop." but really, the two steps above are what it comes down to for me.